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Subnational Border Reforms and Economic Activity in Africa
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using GIS methods, we identify territories in Africa affected by subnational border reforms between 1992 and 2013. Descriptive statistics reveal that these territories differed from other African regions across several key dimensions. For example, these territories were more populous and exhibited greater ethnic diversity.
Thushyanthan Baskaran, Sebastian Blesse
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Equity How and Equity for Whom? Incorporating Equity Into Local Government Budgeting Processes
Public Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Social equity is politically polarized, with advocates contending that it is a governance mandate and opponents claiming that it promotes reverse discrimination and inefficiencies. When implementing policies and programs, local bureaucrats must maneuver within this legal, ethical, normative, and political battlefield.
Alexis R. Kennedy +2 more
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THE “ MUNICIPALITY TROUG”: A FOGO MORTO ANALYSIS, OF JOSE LINS DO REGO
Travessias, 2010 published in 1943, Fogo Morto is a novel that, according to Jose Aderaldo Castello, synthecizes the whole previous work of Jose Lins of Rego. In the book in question, the author introduced an important moment of brazilian politics history: the plot takes
Esequiel Gomes da Silva
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Public Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A survey experiment on US elected local policymakers allows us to test how incumbents strategically use infrastructure projects in their electoral campaigns. Each local official is presented with a scenario in which they are asked to imagine that they are going to run for office again and that a new infrastructure project has just been ...
Eleanor Florence Woodhouse +2 more
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Internet y redes sociales: ¿artefacto tecnológico o locus digital para la movilización política?
Chasqui, 2015 The diversity and range of economic, cultural and political phenomena in individuals and groups in our daily life highlights the urgency of understanding communication from a great variety of codes, given its polysemic nature.
Verbena Córdula Almeida +2 more
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Winning! Election returns and engagement in social media. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Calvo E +3 more
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Digital Roots or Digital Routes? Broadband Expansion and the Rural‐Urban Migration in China
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates how broadband internet affects rural–urban migration in China using the Universal Broadband and Telecommunication Services pilot program launched in 2015 as a quasi‐experimental setting. Analyzing China Household Finance Survey data (2013–2021) with difference‐in‐differences estimation, we find that improved internet ...
Shuang Ma, Ren Mu
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Social Media and the Influence of Fake News on Global Health Interventions: Implications for a Study on Dengue in Brazil. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023 Gagnon-Dufresne MC +10 more
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Unpacking Resilience in Public Administration: Insights From a Meta‐Narrative Review
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Increasing environmental complexity and uncertainty have made organizational resilience a key concern in public administration. Yet its inherent ambiguity calls for a systematic examination of its conceptualizations, operationalizations, and applications. This meta‐narrative review synthesizes 49 studies, advancing the discourse by identifying
Jixiang Li, Shui‐Yan Tang, Bo Wen
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Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Democratic backsliding raises new challenges for bureaucracies as politicians undermine democratic institutions and the rule of law. Although bureaucracies can play a central safeguarding role, little is known about the organizational conditions that foster resistance to undemocratic pressure.
Mariana Costa Silveira +5 more
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